The federal government is said to be close to securing One Nation’s support for its industrial relations omnibus bill in the upper house, which will likely go to a vote tommorrow.
ACTU secretary Sally McManus says One Nation must reveal all of the amendments that it is seeking, warning that the party may suffer the same fate as the Australian Democrats over the WorkChoices regime if it makes a secret deal with the government.
Meanwhile, Scott Barklamb from the Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ACCI) continues to pressure the Senate cross-bench into supporting the bill, claiming the enterprise bargaining system has become “too unreliable, too unpredictable”, and many employers are better off with industrial awards.
